Bouchard Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2018

96 points Bruce Sanderson (Wine Spectator): "[$480 list] Fragrant, this white delivers forthcoming aromas of seashore, hazelnut, peach and white flowers. It's creamy and vibrant, picking up flavors of vanilla, clove, butter and pastry as it unfolds on the palate. Terrific equilibrium and length. Best from 2023 through 2032. 60 cases imported. (5/31/21)"

94-96 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2018 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru has an impressive bouquet of mineral-rich citrus fruit, smoke, honeysuckle and jasmine aromas, complex and alluring. The palate is fresh and vibrant with crisp acidity, with plenty of tangerine and grapefruit notes, but it is the mineralité and tension that really elevate this Grand Cru. For once, this might outperform the La Cabotte. Drink: 2023-2050. (Jan 2020)"

93-96 points Jasper Morris, MW: "A blend of the four terraces, still in barrel for 3 of them. A little pretty oak flavour and some white flowers. Excellent intensity, this fine electric thread which runs all the way through. Medium plus body behind. Long. (Nov 2019)"

95 points James Suckling: "A dense, layered young white with apples, pears, light creme brulee and lemon curd. It’s tight and reserved, but there is some magic coming out of the glass. Subtle strength. Drink in 2022 and onwards. (8/21/20)"

94.5 points CellarTracker.com community score.

94 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Revisited from bottle, the 2018 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru is showing superbly, unfurling in the glass with inviting aromas of brioche, crisp green orchard fruit, yellow apples, citrus oil and nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy but precise, it's charming and expressive, showing more of its cards than the 2017 rendition did at the same age, while remaining less overtly muscular than the powerful 2015. This will offer a broad drinking window, as it's already quite demonstrative. As I've written before, this bottling hails from the three terraces on the hillside above Bouchard's La Cabotte, their bottling from the latter—which adjoins Montrachet itself—being more muscular and powerful, whereas this cuvée is finer-boned and more ethereal. Drink: 2020-2045. (10/15/20)"